Seres fantásticos femeninos en leyendas románticas peninsulares : Alexandre Heculano y Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Resumo

In this article Romantic legends which are based on medieval stories of fantastic female beings are compared. In particular the great Spanish romantic Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer and his Leyendas – especially Los ojos verdes and La corza blanca –, is compared with the Portuguese romantic Alexandre Herculano and his legend A Dama Pé-de-Cabra. The article traces the medieval sources which served as inspiration to our ‘Romantic’ writers, while also attempting to characterize these fantastic and disquieting female beings. It is highly probable that, due to this characterization we might gain insight into romantic man’s vision of women.